James Yorkston

James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra share their outstanding new song and animated video for “There Is No Upside”; taken from their new album The Wide, Wide River.

James Yorkston and The Secondhand Orchestra announce new album ‘The Wide, Wide River’ and share video for lead track ‘Struggle’, a tender and beautiful love song to his children.

Ahead of their UK headline tour that starts tonight, the trio Yorkston/Thorne/Khan share the video for “Sukhe Phool”, their latest album’s opening track and also our Song of the Day.

On Navarasa, Yorkston/Thorne/Khan achieve a kind of serenity that is certainly spiritual but is somehow completely secular and entirely inclusive. Its influences are clearly visible, but the way those influences are put together creates a kind of music that is original, exciting and wholly unique.

As Christmas this year was approaching, we visited James Yorkston at The Lexington for the last date of his short December run. He was on grand form as ever and put on a great show which was opened by Uillean pipers Paddi Benson & Grace Lemon.

Yorkston/Thorne/Khan share new single “The Shearing’s Not For You”, a traditional song James first heard sang by Aberdeenshire Traveller Jeannie Robertson. It features on their new album “Navarasa : Nine Emotions ” out on January 24th.

Yorkston/Thorne/Khan announce new album Navarasa : Nine Emotions, inspired by Music and poetry, pulses and cycles. Listen to lead track ‘Now Westlin Winds’ and learn more about the inspiration behind the album.

Taken from his latest album The Route To The Harmonium, his first solo album since 2014’s Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society, James Yorkston has shared a video, which he made himself, for The Irish Wars of Independence.

The Route To The Harmonium is another outstanding instalment in Yorkston’s body of work, a finely-wrought and elegiac album shot through with moments of real innovation.

Our Song of the Day is a new single from James Yorkston. ‘Shallow’ is taken from his new album The Route to the Harmonium – due for release on Feb 22nd 2019 via Domino. Watch the accompanying video by Sam Wisternoff.

James Yorkston announces the release of his new album The Route to the Harmonium on Feb 22nd 2019; produced by Yorkston and David Wrench. Watch his new video for My Mouth Ain’t No Bible’ – one of three thrilling spoken-word pieces on the record.

James Yorkston has announced his second novel: The High And Lonesome Blues of Tommy The Bruce – Precise, chilling and all too believable – scored throughout with a genuinely unsettling menace, belied by the ease of James’s storytelling – it’s a shot of southern Gothic poured out in the Southern Highlands of Scotland.

In our latest Folk Show, we open with a Folk Radio UK session from Gregory Alan Isakov. Plus new music from Naomi Bedford and Paul Simmonds, Emily Mure, Laura Baird, Josh Ritter, Shake the Chains and more.

James Yorkston and Aidan O’Rourke make new improvised live album ‘Summerhall’ available on Bandcamp. Plus James announces three more shows in his ‘Tae Sup wi’ a Fifer’ series, the lineup includes, Marry Waterson & David A Jaycock, David Thomas Broughton & more.

Yorkston/Thorne/Khan announce news of Chori Chori Remixes EP which will be released on June 24th. Listen to the remix of ‘Chori Chori’ by Irish alt-folk and electronica alchemist Seamus Fogarty.

Yorkston/Thorne/Khan return with ‘Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars,’ building on the deep-seated natural bond between the three musicians and their total willingness to embrace each other’s artistic vision. They’re clearly not running short of ideas…one you should seek out.

A new mix from our Lost in Transmission Series featuring Karima Walker, Human Behavior, Dan Blakeslee, Robert Sunday, Alex Rex, HMS Ginafore, Harrow Fair, Dirtwire, Mount Eerie, Allred & Broderick and more.

A new eclectic mix featuring new tracks from Luke Daniels, Emma Gatrill, Yorkston Thorne Khan as well as music from Ursina, Nadine Khouri, Adam Torres, Sarah Olivier, Suzanne Schmid, Keto, Various Guises and more.